Monthly Archives: September 2007
09.23.2007 Posted 4:30 pm
What Do You Mean I’m Typical?!?!
I showed up at the chemo clinic this past Friday to get my usual “spa treatment”. The typical drill is that they check your blood work to make sure that a variety of different components have “bounced back” to normal from the past treatment. Assuming that your red blood cell and white blood cell counts are at normal levels, the Dr’s proceed with the chemotherapy treatment.
I have always taken this “drill” as a given since my blood counts have never been questioned. They are always elevated and I am able to proceed with chemo, no problem. My Dr. had started to pull back on some of my shots to see how my blood levels would react with less “medical assistance” but I didn’t really think much about it…
However, this past Friday, my blood counts were not high enough and Dr. Maki had to turn me away from treatment. This is the first time in my almost 12 months of receiving chemotherapy that this has happened to me. It is nothing …
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09.6.2007 Posted 10:15 pm
The People I’ve Met Along the Way…
Today is Dave’s and my 4th year anniversary. It is hard to believe that we have been married for 4 years. In some ways it feels like forever and in some ways it feels like just yesterday. So, what are we doing to celebrate our special day? Heading to the hospital this afternoon for chemotherapy 🙂 When I look back over our 4 years, 3 of our anniversaries have been marked by some cancer-related event. Our 2nd anniversary I was in the hospital, our 3rd anniversary, I was getting a CT scan and this year I will be back in the hospital for chemotherapy. Many people ask “why don’t you move your schedule around so you don’t have to deal with cancer stuff on your anniversary?” For me, in an odd way, it feels appropriate to be taking care of these things on September 7th. It has become something that we live with, a part of our lives. All of my treatments and hospital stays are a constant reminder to …
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